The 47 Ronin (元禄 忠臣蔵 Genroku Chūshingura, “The Treasury of Loyal Retainers of the Genroku era”) is a 1941/1942 black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from a play by Seika Mayama. The film chronicles the end of the lives of the forty-seven Ronin. source
Stars: Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez, John Carradine Director: Norman Foster Moto thwarts a ruthless band of international agents who try to foment an international incident by mining the entrance to the Suez Canal and blaming the British. source
http://zodiacrevisited.com/ http://zodiacrevisited.com/charlie-chan-at-treasure-island/ This film is the 1939 installment of the Charlie Chan series in which the world-famous detective travels to Treasure Island and, with the help of the San Francisco Police and a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle, does battle with the evil Dr. Zodiac. Many people familiar with the Zodiac Killer believe that …
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Walk a Crooked Mile is a 1948 film noir crime film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Louis Hayward, Dennis O’Keefe and Louise Allbritton. A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more …
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AGNES LANGSLEY GETS A JOB THROUGH JIM HOLLIS AS A CARETAKER OF A OLD AND VACATED ESTATE. THE OWNERS COUSIN JENNIFER WAS THE LAST OCCUPANT AND MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED. AGNES SOON BEGINS TO BELIEVE THAT JENNIFER WAS MURDERED. AND THAT JIM WHOM SHE HAS FALLEN IN LOVE WITH IS RESPONSIBLE. STARRING IDA LUPINO AND HOWARD DUFF. …
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A gambling addict is the logical suspect in the death of a card-playing neighbor who caused his relapse – too logical, think the two detectives on the case. (s: IMDB) Director: Jean Yarbrough Written by Albert Band, Elwood Ullman Starring Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty, Eleanore Tanin, Douglas Dick, James Flavin, Gregg Palmer, Harry Tyler, Ann …
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Murder mystery thriller starring Alastair Sim and featuring Trevor Howard. After the nurse who declares that a recent surgical death was a murder dies also, an enigmatic Scotland Yard inspector arrives to investigate. Green for Danger (1946) Studio: Individual Pictures Director: Sidney Gilliat Writer: Sidney Gilliat, Claud Gurney Cast: Trevor Howard, Sally Gray For more …
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Captain Scarface 1953 Full movie. 1950’s spy thriller an interesting relic of the cold war era with aspects of the film noir genre. The story deals with a fake merchant ship that replaced the real one that had been sunk by an enemy submarine. The plan is to sail this ship up the Panama canal …
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